Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 16 h 58 min4:37 am – 9:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 7 h 32 min8:17 am – 3:49 pm
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People9,681 residentsin the Langwith, Shirebrook South & Pleasley census areaMedian age 42.54,222 households58% of homes owner-occupied33% owned outright16% social rented, 26% private rentedSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Work and commuting3.6% unemployment rate60% of adults are economically active, 4,635 in work, 22% retiredMain industries: retail and wholesale 28%, health and social work 16%, manufacturing 11%Getting to work: 14% work from home, 67% go by car, 3% take public transport, 15% walk or cycle60% of those who travel work within 10 km of homeSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
Education and languages18% of adults hold a degree or higher30% have no qualifications, 7% an apprenticeshipMain language: English 89%4% cannot speak English wellSource: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021
ClimateWarmest month July: highs 21°C, lows 12°CColdest month January: highs 7°C, lows 2°C753 mm of rain a year, 20 days with 10 mm or morewettest month October38 days of air frost, 10 summer days above 25°C in a typical yearSource: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991-2020 averages, 2 km grid (highs and lows from the 12 km grid)
Parks and green spacesPleasley Pit Country Parkpark · under a mile · 70 haNew Houghton Millenium Greenpark · under a mile · 4 haHardwick Parkpark · 2.0 mi · 412 haRadford and Hymas Academyplaying field · under a mile · 6 haNew England Allotmentsallotments · 1.3 mi · 2 haSource: Ordnance Survey Open Greenspace
Earthquakes220 of magnitude 2 or more within 50 miles since 197020 of magnitude 3+, 3 of magnitude 4+Largest: magnitude 5.0 on 27 Feb 200841 mi away, Market Rasen, LincsMost recent: magnitude 2.0 on 7 Sep 202536 mi away, Pontefract, W YorkshireSource: British Geological Survey earthquake database
Flood riskRivers and sea: no mapped risk within 500 m of the centreSource: Environment Agency, Risk of Flooding from Rivers and Sea
Air qualityNO2 7.9 · PM2.5 7.2 · PM10 13 µg/m³annual mean concentrations, 2024Within UK limits, above the WHO guideline for PM2.5Source: DEFRA modelled background pollution maps 2024, 1 km grid
Broadband88% of premises can get gigabit-capable broadband99% can get superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)0.1% cannot get a decent connection (below the 10 Mbit/s universal service obligation)4,488 residential premises in the census areaSource: Ofcom Connected Nations, July 2025
Elevation144 m472 ft above sea levelLand within 1 km ranges from 104 to 161 mSource: Ordnance Survey, OS Terrain 50
Local servicesHospitalKings Mill Hospital3.2 miGP surgeryPleasley Surgery4 surgeries within 2 milesunder a milePharmacyPleasley Pharmacyunder a mileDentistPathwork Row (Dental Surgery)2.3 miSource: NHS Organisation Data Service
SchoolsWithin 2 mi4 schools4 primaryPrimaryAnthony Bek Community Primary Schoolages 3-11, 234 pupilsright herePrimaryFarmilo Primary School and Nurseryages 3-111.0 miSecondaryShirebrook Academyages 11-16, 824 pupils2.3 miCollegeWest Nottinghamshire College4.7 miSource: Department for Education, Get Information about Schools
Getting aroundAirportEast Midlands Airport EMA24 miRailway stationMansfield Woodhouse2.4 miBus stationMansfield Bus Station3.4 miBus stops34 within a mileSources: Department for Transport NaPTAN; OurAirports
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the NG19 postcode district.
